Up until then Sevilla had been on top but the visitors, surprise runners-up to Besiktas last season and with former Arsenal and Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor in their ranks, were able to keep their noses in front until half-time. Napoli secured a second leg 2 - 0 win over French side Nice to progress 4 - 0 on aggregate while Olympiacos progressed 3 - 1 on aggregate after securing a 1 - 0 second leg win at Rijeka.

Also advancing were Australia's Daria Gavrilova, who needed 2 hours, 12 minutes to defeat Timea Babos of Hungary 7-5, 7-6 (6), and Elise Mertens of Belgium, a straight-sets victor over Russia's Daria Kasatkina. The top seed at the Connecticut Open has advanced to the Round of 8. Awaiting the Pole in the quarter-finals is Peng, the eighth seed getting past Croatian veteran Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 6-3.

No batsman had taken longer to score their maiden T20 century than Shahid Afridi. It also beat the previous Hampshire record of 225 and is the fourth-highest in the T20 Blast. Afridi also took his six tally across all formats past the 800 mark - he has 115 in first-class cricket, 481 in List A and 205 in T20s. 4 - All four of Afridi's 50-plus scores in T20s in England have come in knockout matches.

A hard off-season appeared to have been put to be following the impressive win over last season's runners-up Tottenham at the weekend. Conte has cut a frustrated figure for most of the summer after a number of disagreements with Chelsea decision-makers over prospective transfer targets, with Conte looking to sign players in the prime of their career.

Barcelona "announced" the signing of Angel Di Maria from Paris Saint-Germain in the early hours of Wednesday morning after their official Twitter account was hacked. Later, the club tweeted: "Our accounts have been hacked tonight. Thanks for your patience". The Spanish club, after regaining control of their social media accounts, confirmed that their accounts were hacked.

The two dated for almost three years before splitting up in 2015, and apparently they coped with all their time apart by sending each other nude selfies. Maxwell's current love interest - Twilight star Kristen Stewart - is also reported to have her private pics leaked. Exes Vonn and Woods , whose pictures are reportedly from when they dated, have both vowed legal action.

However, Mayweather made it clear that he would not cancel the fight if McGregor missed weight, instead opting to invoke a common boxing contract clause that sees fighters give up part of the purse for a weigh-in slip-up. Extremely heavy. I think he's 164 ... 164. But he's a technician. "I wouldn't be surprised if I go out there and flatten him in the first exchange, I don't see him lasting two rounds in these 8oz gloves".

To avoid offending left wing idiots Robert Lee, the Asian college football announcer , not the Confederate General who died in 1870 and shares a name with him, was switched to the Youngstown State at Pittsburgh game and Dave Weekley will now call the William and Mary at University of Virginia game.

The tweet was a shot in the dark, but Bell actually responded. Of course, Bell is one of the most talented and all-around best running backs in the game today. With the preseason ending August 31, Bell will have nine days to create chemistry with his teammates. Bell, 25, was designated by the Steelers as their franchise player for 2017.

Finally, we have some definitive news. Luck's recovery from offseason shoulder surgery has been more complicated than the Colts originally thought, and he is now in serious danger of missing meaningful playing time. Still, the need for a backup quarterback may still be there even with a healthy Luck. Tolzien has completed 12-of-19 passes for 94 yards and zero touchdowns so far during the preseason.

While sliding into third base, he sprained his left pinkie. Anthony Rizzo #44 of the Chicago Cubs hits a three run RBI double against the Chicago White Sox during the fifth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 26, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

Especially after what happened in the ALDS last season. "That's not what we were hoping for, but we'll let the medical people put their heads together and see what they can do", Francona said. Miller was forced to warm up twice when home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt left the game an inning after being hit by Boston reliever Joe Kelly's errant warm up pitch.

Prop Sarah Bern and substitute back Megan Jones scored second-half tries during an absorbing defence-dominated contest at Kingspan Stadium. Elissa Alarie scored two of her side's eight tries as Canada eased their way to a facile 52-0 win against a very poor Welsh side.

Henrik Zetterberg has told a Swedish radio station that he is unlikely to finish out the rest of his contract with the Detroit Red Wings . Zetterberg will earn $7 million this upcoming season and $3.35 million in 2018-19 before his salary plummets to $1 million in each of the final two seasons.

The escalation arrived just hours after thousands of Force fans gathered at RugbyWA headquarters on Saturday, in a protest aimed towards the east. The trio met with ARU chairman Cameron Clyne, deputy chairman Brett Robinson as well as director and former Wallabies captain John Eales.

The Bangla Tigers became the tenth side to play in the longest format of the game then. But Agar was not letting the pressure of his selection, or years in the wilderness, get the better of him. Joshi will stay for two months and also join Bangladesh for their tour of South Africa, Yunus added. Although the owner of Bangladesh's highest Test average of 46.88, Mominul suffered a dip in form last season when he averaged 23.2 from five matches.

Back-to-back Premier League defeats by Tottenham and Huddersfield have simply added to the gloom hanging over St James' Park which saw owner Mike Ashley's PR adviser Keith Bishop pay a visit to the training ground on Tuesday. Newcastle , of course, is a club which has too often found itself in the headlines for the wrong reasons, and Ashley's admission that they can not afford to give Benitez the money he would like for transfers has led to predictions that it will all eventually end in ...

And it is because it provides opportunities to its citizens that no other country does. "I, myself, will be raising children who don't look like me", DeValve said . According to USA Today , "Linebackers Jamie Collins and Christian Kirksey , running backs Duke Johnson , Terrence Magee and Isaiah Crowell , wide receivers Kenny Britt and Ricardo Louis , safeties Jabrill Peppers and Calvin Pryor , tight end Seth DeValve , and cornerback Jamar Taylor constituted the group of ...

Luiz added that he was pleased with the way in which Chelsea had bounced back from last week's home defeat to Burnley, adding: "Last week was a awful first half and then the second half was great". Tottenham Hotspur host defending champions Chelsea this afternoon, kick off 4pm, in the first Premier League game at Wembley Stadium. I had good spells, some not so good.

Arsenal finished strongly with Alexandre Lacazette hitting the net but he was ruled marginally offside. Arsenal dominated possession but couldn't match the finishing the team had in its 4-3 win over Leicester in the opening round. "Personally, I don't think he deserved it". That decision would come back to haunt the Gunners boss as it was the Spaniard at fault for Jese's victor right at the beginning of the second half - which inflicted a first defeat of the new campaign for the away ...

Matthews' comments come after Buffalo failed to get any passing attack going with the first-team offense in Thursday night's preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles . That shockwave can settle now as the receiver confirmed today after practice that he is "extremely confident" he will play in week one. I want them to know I'm not the type of guy who wants to miss practice.

Aluko's latest claim was that Sampson told her to ensure her relatives in Nigeria did not bring ebola to a match at Wembley in 2014. "On the wall, there was a list of the family and friends who were coming to watch us and I just happened to be next to Mark", Aluko told the Guardian .

They picked para athlete Devendra Jhajharia and Hockey player Sardar Singh for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards. Paralympian Indian star Devendra Jhajharia, who clinched gold in men's F46 javelin throw at the Rio Olympics and former Indian hockey skipper Sardar Singh will be honoured with the prestigious Khel Ratna award.

As coaches, we might be doing our players an injustice by putting them in bad situations. However, the possibility that the Eagles are able to land an upgrade, and a player better fit for Pederson's scheme that asks backs to catch the ball out the backfield, either via trade or when all 32 teams trim their rosters from 90 players to 53 on September 2 is one that remains in play for what is arguably one of the weakest positions now on the roster.

Department of Justice to block what he calls an unconstitutional effort to withhold crime-fighting grant funds from cities that fail to fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in July cities and states can only receive Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance grants if they allow federal immigration officials access to detention facilities.

Having seen their Sunday evening deadline come and go without movement from the Liverpool camp, Barcelona's pursuit of Phillipe Coutinho appears to be over . Lionel Messi went from the relentless MSN trio last season to playing alongside Gerard Deulofeu and Paco Alcacer at the weekend after Luis Suarez also picked up an injury.

Jones defeated Cormier by third-round knockout to win the UFC light heavyweight title. He recently returned to fighting from being suspended for testing positive for a banned substance leading up to his fight against Cormier at UFC 200.

Statistics SA statistician Pali Lehohla told News24 that the statistics look at how South Africa has moved to reduce poverty. Subsidising water, electricity, food and many schools have even been declared no-fee institutions. However, there are notable variations amongst various population groups: black Africans have the highest income inequality with a Gini coefficient of 0.65 in 2015, increasing from 0.64 in 2006.